Gardaí Sound Alarm on EU Presidency Events

0:00It's April 20th, I'm Cory with the story, this is Europe News Today, driven by AI and built for the continent. Gardai on the ground are sounding the alarm about not having enough officers to handle the upcoming EU presidency events running from July through. Christmas this year. Rankin foul members worry the commissioner might have to call it an exceptional policing operation, just like he did recently for the fuel protests. When all annual leave and rest days guide cancel to keep enough boots on the street, at their annual conference in Westport County Mayo, the Garda Representative Association, push for a full national policing plan to cover these big, events without burning everyone out. They're also flagging issues with new recruits, starting training at the Garda College in Templemore before their background checks are even finished, leading to some getting booted right before graduation after seeing sensitive info. Frontline officers shared frustrations over pursuit driving policies and rising threats. They want mandatory training for chasing scramblers and crooks, similar to what UK police

1:03kid, plus work only driving licenses. One officer described a colleague from Waterford, whose photo was AI tampered online during the fuel protests, sparking family threats, a docks dead home, a dress, and false claims of him pepper spraying a kid now under criminal probe. The conference buzzed with praise for the recent arrest of Daniel Kanahan in Dubai, calling it a major win after 10 years policing the Hutch Kanahan, fewed. They honored late assistant commissioner John O'Driskel's key role in the probe, along with Commissioner Justin Kelly and the team saying, communities have shifted from despair to recovery. With fresh leadership in place, Garda expressed real optimism about what's ahead, ready to build on these steps forward.